Glidemet

Flight of the day belongs to… well, yeah, it’s the 13 syndicate again. But this time only because:

1. They flew over where I’m currently working (in Oxfordshire)
2. They flew over my house in Exeter (well, close to it, certainly within sight)
3. They then flew over where I was working. Again. I could have seen them over DID had I looked up at the right moment.

Considering that the same journey by car would have taken the same six hours that the pilots took to fly the task, that’s… quite cool.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), despite the cirrus lurking about the south of England at the moment, doesn’t look that bad. Said cirrus moves off to the south overnight, while most of England and Wales stays in thermic air. The north of England will be the best area, with good bases to over 4,000 ft by mid-morning continuing up to 6,000 ft in places in the afternoon in a large area from Nottingham to southern Scotland. Further south bases will be a little lower and a tiny bit more prone to spreadout, but really quite a good day there too, though a few light showers are likely in central southern England. Very light westerly winds at height. Far west might be afflicted by top cover.

Wednesday looks weakly useable in the east, but top/medium cover will likely spoil the west. Thursday sees high pressure becoming established over us but it looks a tad damp. Definitely soarable though. The high remains in place through Friday and the weekend, drying out with time with Saturday looking excellent, but Sunday sees a bit of cloud coming in from the east on current runs, so not so good.

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